Sikri had in February referred the appeals to the Chief Justice to constitute a Constitution Bench of the appropriate number of judges. Unanswered questionThe court has to also consider the question whether the appeals would have to be heard by an 11-judge Bench of the Supreme Court. The batch of seven special leave petitions filed by the Delhi government has challenged the Delhi High Court’s decision to uphold the L-G’s power not only over the police, land and public order but also in “services”. The Supreme Court had refused to stay the HC judgment. The High Court had dismissed the Delhi government’s claim that the AAP-Centre tussle was a ‘classic’ federal dispute.

Source: The Hindu July 11, 2017 20:03 UTC